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April 20 in recent years
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April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 255 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ] 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII .[1] 1453 – Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople .1534 – Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador .[2] 1535 – The sun dog phenomenon is observed over Stockholm ,[3] Vädersolstavlan 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament .1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife .1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 – Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry .1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War , a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II , abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben , wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza .1775 – American Revolutionary War : The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord .1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration .1792 – France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia ", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars .1800 – The Septinsular Republic is established.1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.1810 – The governor of Caracas , Venezuela declares independence from Spain.1818 – The case of Ashford v Thornton trial by battle is upheld.1828 – René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter (and the first to return from) Timbuktu , following Major Gordon Laing .1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory .1861 – American Civil War : Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia .[4] 1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation .1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk , which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX 's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion .1876 – The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War .1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus 1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War .[5] 1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride .1908 – Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League .1912 – Opening day for baseball 's Tiger Stadium in Detroit , and Fenway Park in Boston .1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.[6] 1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.1918 – Manfred von Richthofen , a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.1922 – The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR .1939 – Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday 's celebrations in Germany1945 – World War II : U.S. troops capture Leipzig , Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union .1945 – World War II: Führerbunker : On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth .
1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves , giving most of its power to the United Nations .1961 – Cold War : Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba .1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech .1972 – Apollo program : Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke , lands on the moon.1998 – Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá , Colombia , killing all 53 people on board.[7] 1999 – Columbine High School massacre : Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado .2007 – Johnson Space Center shooting : William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA 's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.2010 – The Deepwater Horizon explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months .2012 – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad , Pakistan.2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County , Ya'an , in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.2015 – Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland .Births [ ] 1494 – Johannes Agricola , German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8] 1544 – Renata of Lorraine , Duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602)1586 – Rose of Lima , Peruvian mystic and saint (d. 1617)1633 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1654)1646 – Charles Plumier , French botanist and author (d. 1704)1650 – William Bedloe , English spy (d. 1680)1718 – David Brainerd , American missionary (d. 1747)1723 – Cornelius Harnett , American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)[9] 1727 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794)1745 – Philippe Pinel , French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826)1748 – Georg Michael Telemann , German composer and theologian (d. 1831)1772 – William Lawless , Irish revolutionary and French general (d. 1824)1808 – Napoleon III , French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873)1816 – Bogoslav Šulek , Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)1818 – Heinrich Göbel , German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)1826 – Dinah Craik , English author and poet (d. 1887)1836 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. , American scientist and academic (d. 1895)1839 – Carol I of Romania , King of Romania (d. 1914)1840 – Odilon Redon , French painter and illustrator (d. 1916)1850 – Daniel Chester French , American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931)1851 – Alexander Dianin , Russian chemist (d. 1918)1851 – Siegmund Lubin , Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)
1860 – Justinien de Clary , French target shooter (d. 1933)1871 – Sydney Chapman , English economist and civil servant (d. 1951)1873 – James Harcourt , English character actor (d. 1951)1875 – Vladimir Vidrić , Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909)1879 – Paul Poiret , French fashion designer (d. 1944)1882 – Holland Smith , American general (d. 1967)1884 – Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)1884 – Oliver Kirk , American boxer (d. 1960)
1884 – Daniel Varoujan , Armenian poet and educator (d. 1915)
1889 – Albert Jean Amateau , Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (d. 1996)1889 – Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (d. 1918)
1889 – Marie-Antoinette de Geuser , French mystic (d. 1918)
1889 – Adolf Hitler , Austrian born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
1889 – Tonny Kessler , Dutch footballer (d. 1960)
1890 – Maurice Duplessis , Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)1890 – Adolf Schärf , Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria (d. 1965)
1891 – Dave Bancroft , American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)1893 – Harold Lloyd , American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1971)1893 – Joan Miró , Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983)
1895 – Emile Christian , American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)1895 – Henry de Montherlant , French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (d. 1972)
1896 – Wop May , Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)1899 – Alan Arnett McLeod , Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)1904 – Bruce Cabot , American actor (d. 1972)1907 – Miran Bux , Pakistani cricketer (d. 1991)1907 – Augoustinos Kantiotes , Greek bishop (d. 2010)
1908 – Lionel Hampton , American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)1910 – Fatin Rüştü Zorlu , Turkish diplomat and politician (d. 1961)1913 – Mimis Fotopoulos , Greek actor and poet (d. 1986)1913 – Willi Hennig , German biologist and entomologist (d. 1976)
1913 – Roger Rochard , French runner (d. 1993)
1914 – Betty Lou Gerson , American actress (d. 1999)1915 – Joseph Wolpe , South African psychotherapist and physician (d. 1997)1916 – Nasiba Zeynalova , Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)1918 – Kai Siegbahn , Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)1919 – Richard Hillary , Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)1920 – Frances Ames , South African neurologist , psychiatrist, and human rights activist (d. 2002)1920 – Clement Isong , Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State (d. 2000)
1920 – John Paul Stevens , American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2019)
1923 – Mother Angelica , American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016)[10] 1923 – Irene Lieblich , Polish-American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
1923 – Tito Puente , American drummer and producer (d. 2000)[11]
1924 – Nina Foch , Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)[12] 1924 – Leslie Phillips , English actor and producer
1924 – Guy Rocher , Canadian sociologist and academic
1925 – Ernie Stautner , German-American football player and coach (d. 2006)1925 – Elena Verdugo , American actress (d. 2017)
1927 – Bud Cullen , Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration (d. 2005)1927 – Phil Hill , American race car driver (d. 2008)
1927 – K. Alex Müller , Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 – Robert Byrne , American chess player and author (d. 2013)1928 – Johnny Gavin , Irish international footballer (d. 2007)[13]
1929 – Harry Agganis , American baseball and football player (d. 1955)1929 – Bobby Hollander , American film director, actor, and magazine publisher (d. 2002)
1930 – Dwight Gustafson , American composer and conductor (d. 2014)1930 – Antony Jay , English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1931 – Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby , English lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)1931 – John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles , English businessman and politician
1932 – Myriam Bru , French actress1933 – Kristaq Dhamo , Albanian actor and film director1936 – Lisa Davis , English and American former child and adult actress1936 – Pauli Ellefsen , Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)
1936 – Pat Roberts , American captain, journalist, and politician
1936 – Christopher Robinson , English organist and conductor
1937 – Jiří Dienstbier , Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2011)1937 – Antonios Kounadis , Greek discus thrower
1937 – Harvey Quaytman , American painter and educator (d. 2002)
1937 – George Takei , American actor
1938 – Betty Cuthbert , Australian sprinter1938 – Manfred Kinder , German runner
1938 – Peter Snow , British historian and journalist
1938 – Eszter Tamási , Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1939 – Elspeth Ballantyne , Australian actress1939 – Peter S. Beagle , American author and screenwriter
1939 – Gro Harlem Brundtland , Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway
1939 – Johnny Tillotson , American singer-songwriter
1940 – James Gammon , American actor (d. 2010)1941 – Ryan O'Neal , American actor1942 – Giles Henderson , English lawyer and academic1942 – Arto Paasilinna , Finnish journalist and author
1943 – Alan Beith , English academic and politician1943 – John Eliot Gardiner , English conductor and director
1943 – Edie Sedgwick , American model and actress (d. 1971)
1944 – Toivo Aare , Estonian journalist and author (d. 1999)1945 – Michael Brandon , American actor and director1945 – Olga Karlatos , Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer
1945 – Thein Sein , Burmese general and politician, 8th President of Burma
1945 – Naftali Temu , Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
1945 – Steve Spurrier , American football player and head coach, 1966 Heisman Trophy winner[14]
1946 – Sandro Chia , Italian painter and sculptor1946 – Julien Poulin , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Gordon Smiley , American race car driver (d. 1982)
1947 – Rita Dionne-Marsolais , Canadian economist and politician1947 – David Leland , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Viktor Suvorov , Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author
1948 – Gregory Itzin , American actor1948 – Matthias Kuhle , German geographer and academic (d. 2015)
1949 – Veronica Cartwright , English-American actress1949 – Toller Cranston , Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (d. 2015)
1949 – Massimo D'Alema , Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
1949 – Jessica Lange , American actress
1950 – Steve Erickson , American author and critic1950 – Alexander Lebed , Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
1950 – N. Chandrababu Naidu , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1951 – Louise Jameson , English actress1951 – Luther Vandross , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1952 – Louka Katseli , Greek economist and politician1952 – Božidar Maljković , Serbian basketball player and coach
1952 – Eric Pickles , English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1953 – Sebastian Faulks , English journalist and author1955 – Donald Pettit , American engineer and astronaut1956 – Beatrice Ask , Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice 1956 – Peter Chelsom , English film director, writer, and actor
1956 – Kakha Bendukidze , Georgian economist and politician
1956 – Georgie Glen , Scottish actress
1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov , Russian ice hockey player and coach1959 – Perry Haddock , Australian rugby league player1960 – Debbie Flintoff-King , Australian hurdler and coach1961 – Don Mattingly , American baseball player, coach, and manager1961 – Konstantin Lavronenko , Russian actor
1961 – Nicholas Lyndhurst , English actor
1961 – Paul Usher , English actor
1963 – Maurício Gugelmin , Brazilian race car driver1963 – Rachel Whiteread , English sculptor
1964 – Crispin Glover , American actor1964 – Andy Serkis , English actor and director
1964 – Rosalynn Sumners , American figure skater
1965 – Kostis Chatzidakis , Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism 1965 – Léa Fazer , Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress
1965 – Adrián Fernández , Mexican race car driver
1965 – Rebecca Lacey , English actress
1966 – David Chalmers , Australian philosopher and academic1966 – David Filo , American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1966 – Vincent Riendeau , Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Mike Portnoy , American drummer and songwriter1967 – Raymond van Barneveld , Dutch darts player
1968 – Julia Morris , Australian entertainer1968 – Yelena Välbe , Russian skier and manager
1968 – Roman Virastyuk , Ukrainian shot putter
1969 – Felix Baumgartner , Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper1969 – Will Hodgman , Australian politician, 45th Premier of Tasmania
1970 – Sarantuya , Mongolian soprano1970 – Avishai Cohen , Israeli singer-songwriter and bassist
1970 – Shemar Moore , American actor
1971 – Carla Geurts , Dutch swimmer, physiologist, and academic1971 – Allan Houston , American basketball player and manager
1971 – Nikos Kyzeridis , Greek footballer
1972 – Lê Huỳnh Đức , Vietnamese footballer, coach, and manager1972 – Carmen Electra , American model and actress
1972 – Željko Joksimović , Serbian singer-songwriter and producer
1972 – Stephen Marley , American singer, guitarist, and producer
1972 – Julia Peng , Taiwanese singer
1973 – Isabel dos Santos ,[15] 1973 – Lamond Murray , American basketball player
1974 – Adrian Ilie , Romanian footballer1974 – Julie Fernandez , English actress and model
1974 – Urmas Paet , Estonian journalist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1975 – Killer Mike , American rapper and activist1976 – Aldo Bobadilla , Paraguayan footballer1976 – Shay Given , Irish footballer and manager
1976 – Chris Mason , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Ismail Rasheed , Maldivian actor
1976 – Georgina Rylance , English actress
1979 – Stian Barsnes-Simonsen , Norwegian actor and television host1979 – Ludovic Magnin , Swiss footballer and coach
1979 – Nate Marquardt , American mixed martial artist
1980 – Gunta Baško , Latvian basketball player1980 – Sunaina Sunaina , Indian weightlifter[16]
1980 – Jasmin Wagner , German singer and actress
1982 – Jacqueline Govaert , Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist1982 – Dario Knežević , Croatian footballer
1983 – Danny Granger , American basketball player1983 – Miranda Kerr , Australian model
1984 – Nelson Évora , Ivorian-Portuguese triple jumper1984 – Bárbara Lennie , Spanish actress
1984 – Edixon Perea , Colombian footballer
1984 – Jenna Shoemaker , American triathlete[17]
1985 – Brent Seabrook , Canadian ice hockey player1987 – Chun Woo-hee , South Korean actress1988 – Brandon Belt , American baseball player1989 – Nina Davuluri , Miss America 2014 1989 – Carlos Valdes , Colombian-American actor and singer
1990 – Luhan , Chinese singer and actor1992 – Marko Meerits , Estonian footballer1995 – Jean Marie Dongou , Cameroonian footballer1997 – Alexander "Sascha" Zverev , German tennis player [18] 1998 – Zachary Claman DeMelo , Canadian racing driver[19] Deaths [ ] 689 – Cædwalla , king of Wessex (b. 659)[20] 767 – Taichō , Japanese monk (b. 682)888 – Xi Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 862)1099 – Peter Bartholomew (b. 1061)[21] 1164 – Antipope Victor IV 1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1130)1248 – Güyük Khan , Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1206)1284 – Hōjō Tokimune , regent of Japan (b. 1251)1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)1322 – Simon Rinalducci , Italian Augustinian friar1521 – Zhengde , Chinese emperor (b. 1491)1534 – Elizabeth Barton , English nun and martyr (b. 1506)1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen , German priest and theologian (b. 1485)1643 – Christoph Demantius , German composer and poet (b. 1567)1703 – Lancelot Addison , English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)1769 – Chief Pontiac , American tribal leader (b. 1720)1831 – John Abernethy , English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)1873 – William Tite , English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)1874 – Alexander H. Bailey , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)1881 – William Burges , English architect and designer (b. 1827)1886 – Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville , French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)1887 – Muhammad Sharif Pasha , Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)1899 – Joseph Wolf , German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)1902 – Joaquim de Sousa Andrade , Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)1912 – Bram Stoker , Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun , German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)1927 – Enrique Simonet , Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)1929 – Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)1931 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet , Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)1932 – Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)1935 – John Cameron , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)1935 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon , English fashion designer (b. 1863)
1942 – Jüri Jaakson , Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)1944 – Elmer Gedeon , American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)1945 – Erwin Bumke , Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)1946 – Mae Busch , Australian actress (b. 1891)1947 – Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi , Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)1961 – Ado Vabbe , Estonian painter (b. 1892)1967 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)1968 – Rudolph Dirks , German-American illustrator (b. 1877)1969 – Vjekoslav Luburić , Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)1980 – M. Canagaratnam , Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)1982 – Archibald MacLeish , American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)1986 – Sibte Hassan , Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)1991 – Steve Marriott , English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)1991 – Don Siegel , American director and producer (b. 1912)
1992 – Marjorie Gestring , American springboard diver (b. 1922)1992 – Benny Hill , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1993 – Cantinflas , Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)1995 – Milovan Đilas , Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911)1996 – Trần Văn Trà , Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)1999 – Casualties of the Columbine High School massacre :
Cassie Bernall , American student (b. 1981)Eric Harris , American student and murderer (b. 1981)Dylan Klebold , American student and murderer (b. 1981)Rachel Scott , American student, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (b. 1981)1999 – Rick Rude , American wrestler (b. 1958)
2001 – Giuseppe Sinopoli , Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)2002 – Alan Dale , American singer (b. 1925)2003 – Daijiro Kato , Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)2003 – Bernard Katz , German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2004 – Lizzy Mercier Descloux , French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)2005 – Fumio Niwa , Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)2007 – Andrew Hill , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)2007 – Michael Fu Tieshan , Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
2008 – Monica Lovinescu , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)2010 – Dorothy Height , American educator and activist (b. 1912)2011 – Tim Hetherington , English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)2012 – Bert Weedon , English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)[22] 2014 – Mithat Bayrak , Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)2014 – Rubin Carter , American-Canadian boxer (b. 1937)
2014 – Neville Wran , Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)
2016 – Victoria Wood , British comedian, actress and writer (b. 1953)2017 – Cuba Gooding Sr. , American singer and actor (b. 1944)2018 – Avicii , Swedish DJ and musician (b. 1989)2018 – John Waller , English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (b. 1940)[23]
2019 – Jacqueline Saburido , Venezuelan activist (b. 1978)[24] Holidays and observances 420 (cannabis culture) (International)Christian feast day :
Agnes of Montepulciano Beuno Hugh of Anzy le Duc Johannes Bugenhagen (Lutheran )Marcellinus of Gaul (Embrun) Blessed Oda of Brabant
Pope Anicetus Theotimos April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
UN Chinese Language Day (United Nations )References [ ]
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